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Act, omission

Act, omission, the word 'act' denotes as well a series of acts as a single act: the word 'omission' denotes as well a series of omissions

Administration of justice

Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 45. Administration of justice has a wide meaning and includes administration of civil as well as criminal justice. The expression 'administration of justice' is wide enough to include the 'powers and jurisdiction of

Agriculture and agricultural crop

Agriculture and agricultural crop, the terms 'agriculture' and 'agricultural crop' have wider as well as narrower connotation. The wider concept covers both the primary or basic as well as the subsequent operations.

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Ambiguity

document as they stand are quite clear and intelligible but it turns out that they can apply equally well to two or more persons, or to two or more things, that is a 'latent ambiguity,' and parol

Antecedent debt

Antecedent debt, means antecedent in fact as well as in time, that is to say, that the debt must be truly independent of and not part

Puteal

An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it a well curb

Carucate

1 SCR 435. The word 'case' is not defined by the Criminal Procedure Code,1898 but its meaning is well-understood in legal circles. In criminal jurisdiction means ordinarily a proceeding for the prosecution of a person alleged to

Gaining wrongfully

Gaining wrongfully, A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person acquires wrongfully. A person is said to lose wrongfully when such person is wrongfully

Civil Law

the senate and comitia, were engraved on metal, and suspended in the Comitium, and all parties were so well satisfied with the result of the first year's administration of the Decemviri, that it was resolved to continue

Consideration

performance, Pegler v. White, 33 Beav 403. (b) Forbearance for a time to institute a suit upon a well-founded claim, or even upon one which is doubtful, but not upon one utterly unfounded, is sufficient, since it

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